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Points of interest Old Bazaar - Skopje, Skopje Zoo, Kapan Han, Museum of the Macedoni, Macedonian Orthodox Church Colleges and Universities Saints Cyril and Methodiu, International Balkan University, University for Audiovisu | ||
Butel Municipality (Macedonian: Бутел ; Albanian: Butel) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.
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Map of Butel, Macedonia (FYROM)
A cemetery in Butel is where the grave of George Zorbas, the character upon whom Nikos Kazantzakis based the fictional Alexis Zorbas of his novel Zorba the Greek, is located.
Geography
Butel borders Gazi Baba Municipality to the southeast, Čair Municipality to the south, Karpoš Municipality to the southwest, Šuto Orizari Municipality and Čučer-Sandevo Municipality to the northwest, and Lipkovo Municipality to the northeast.
Demographics
According to the last national census from 2002 Butel has 36,154 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
References
Butel Municipality Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA